St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-25
HAIRPINs IN THE AIR.
A Determined Three-Round Bat
tie Between Well-Known Society

"A Determined Three-ROund Bat
tie Between Well-Known Society
Beauties.
Newington, Conn.,, is a quiet, old
fashioned little country station, and it
is seldom, indeed, that anything occurs
to disturb the calm and peaceful serenity
of its inhabitants. But a few nights
ago an event of a sporting nature took
place-an AmaZonian battle, in fact,
that has furnished material enough of a
sensational nature to last several
months.
MIS-. Jasper Moreau IS young mar
ried woman who is possessed of a good
and dutiful husband, of whom, how
ever, for some reason yet to be eX-
planned, she is extremely jealous. Mrs.
MOreau is blonde of some three or four
and twenty summers. She is of medium
build and is quite pretty Withal. She
lives in fiat in the upper part of the
city. In this same neighbOrhOod re-
sides Miss Nellie Benson, a young lady
who is employed in clerical capacity
by one of the large insurance companies
in this city. Miss Benson has attained
considerable nOtOriety locally as dash
ing beauty. She is twenty years old
and brunette with flashing eyes as
dark as an Egyptian midnight, and a
petite and graceful form, which adds
much to her personal charms.
Now, Mrs. Moreau, as above stated, is
jealous, and some months ago she took
the idea into her pretty head that Miss
Benson was too familiar with cher
hubby" and as consequence she has
never spoken to the Talr Nellie when
ever they CHANGED to meet.
A fQW dave aun hrS Marrow fanoiod
that she had made discovery, and
whether the discovery" was only
matter of fancy or not, she became more
than ever enraged at her charming
neighbOr. In fact, her rage and jealousy
knew no bounds at all, and one night,
when she met her husband and Miss
Benson leisurely walking down Capitol
Park hand in hand, she became so
eXasperated that she struck her
hated rival then and there heavy blows
in the face with her parasol. MIR.
MOreau, seeing that a row was immi-
nent, hastily made himself invisible.
However. few nights later the angry
Mrs. Moreau and the charming Miss
ment. Each had two lady friends with
her to see fair play, and the contest was
commenced without going through the
formality of shaking hands.
None of the sterner sex was privileged
to witness this contest, but from what
has cropped out the fight, if not Scien-,
tific one, certainly did not lack merit as
an energetic and vigorous affair. 1t is
generally admitted that nothing that
savored at all of a hippodrome was per-
mitted. Three rounGS were fought, and
it was case of give and take on both
sides. Hair-pulling and hitting below
the belt were not barred out, and at the
end of the third round both of the pretty
pugilists were sadly used up. Mrs. Mo
reau seemed to have the best of the mat
ter on the whole, although the fight
came to an unsatisfactory termination,
as the seconds refused to let the fight
proceed after the third round. 1t is,
perhaps, significant fact that Mrs.
Moreau'S husband has suddenly taken
vacation, while neither his wife nor
Miss Benson have been seen on the
street since the night of the fight. The
affair is all the talk, and as for the good
people of Newington, to say that they
are shocked, does not do justice to the
state of their feelings.